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Bird pattern (colour 2) #2292
 Green  CC 0

Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Zodiac pattern (black background) #267
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. Version with black background.

Source Firkin

Brushed Alum Dark@2X #66
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.

Source Tim Ward

Green Dust & Scratches #107
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.

Source Atle Mo

Black Linen #63
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Retro Squares Background 7 #397
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Squares Background 7

Source GDJ

Zig-zag pattern 4 #2415
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 104 #561
 Dark  CC 0

Background pattern 104

Source Firkin

Background pattern 227 (colour 4) #2311
 Green  CC 0

A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Dots Background 5@2X #510
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 5

Source GDJ

"Pink Bump Dots", Background Tile #1234
 Pink  CC BY-SA 3.0

A free background tile with a pattern of pink bump dots. This background tile is sweet! Moreover, it's designed for use as website backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern #2000
 Dark  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Background pattern 274 #2041
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin